Orangetown should clean up its property

Re "Clarkstown leads county in most property cleanups," June 17 article:

It was enterprising for Clarkstown's code enforcer to address unkempt properties that were abandoned by foreclosure or other misfortunes of their absentee owners.

Orangetown would do well to pay closer attention to such properties within their jurisdiction, especially along Route 59. Nothing says derelict more than boarded up windows and doors which appear on Upper Depew Avenue, Sickles Avenue, Midland Avenue and lower Main Street.

And like Clarkstown, Orangetown could pressure Orange and Rockland Utilities regarding the double utility poles that we have in abundance. On my walking routes, most poles on upper Third Avenue and all along Broadway are the unsightly double poles, many with the piles of displaced dirt still mounded around their bases. One along North Broadway is supported to its mate with a strap!

Add this to the poor road conditions on major thoroughfares and you have a depressed look within a community. The residents of Orangetown deserve better for our not-so-modest taxes.

Jane Barch

Nyack

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Orangetown should clean up its property

Re 'Clarkstown leads county in most property cleanups,' June 17 article: